IGN Interview: One Ocean View's Heather Lutz

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We talk to the reality series star about going from MySpace, to the pages of Playboy, to ABC's new summertime show.

By Eric Goldman

Heather Lutz has been a very busy girl. The Pennsylvania native found herself getting quite a bit of exposure (excuse the pun) when her MySpace page led to her getting featured as one of the Girls of MySpace in the famous pages of Playboy this year, and she also took part in the Playboy DVD of the same name. Lutz then followed this up by joining the cast of One Ocean View, ABC's new summer reality series from Real World producers Bunim/Murray. On the show, Lutz is one of 11 attractive singles spending the summer sharing a weekend house on New York's Fire Island, where all sorts of hook ups, fights and other good old fashioned drama occurs. The series premiered last week, but Lutz will make her big debut on the second episode.

IGN TV recently spoke to the lovely lady for a chat about One Ocean View, MySpace, Playboy, dressing up like Chewbacca, and a lot more.

IGN TV: So how did you go from being a girl on MySpace to one of Playboy's Girls of MySpace?

Heather Lutz: Actually a friend of mine&#Array; I guess he must be a playboy.com frequenter! But he had seen that they were looking for women of MySpace. So he actually sent me the information. He was like, "Send stuff in! Send stuff in!" So I actually just sent them regular, everyday pictures. I didn't send nudes originally. And they called me and were like, "You know, we need some topless stuff&#Array;" and things like that. So I sent that and they called me the same day.

IGN TV: Was this something you'd thought about before? Had you always wanted to be in Playboy?

Lutz: I had considered it before, but I had wussed out one or two times. When I came to LA once or twice before to visit my friend, I'd always said, "You know, when I come out this time, I think I'm gonna try out," but never did.

Heather Lutz on One Ocean View

IGN TV: So are you a big MySpacer? Were you a part of that a lot before this happened?

Lutz: I am. Guilty as charged. I call it the Solitaire of a new generation, because it seems to be how everyone spends their time during the day.

Lutz: It has been a whirlwind of activity. It's just been an odd year, all around. First that [Playboy], and then the One Ocean View stint. But it's been awesome. I'm really excited.

IGN TV: Have you been recognized much from the issue?

Lutz: You know what, my hair is wet in it, and I look a lot different in person, so not too many people have recognized me. I think more people have recognized me actually from One Ocean View, believe it or not, and I wasn't even on the first episode! But just from the previews, they're like, "There was this girl who looked a lot like you!" And I go, "Yeaaaah&#Array;." It's weird!

IGN TV: So how did you end up on One Ocean View?

Lutz: They actually, ironically enough, found me on MySpace.

IGN TV: Wow. Were they just looking at everyone's profiles on MySpace, or&#Array;?

Lutz: I guess that's just been one of the new angles they've chosen to find fresh new people that maybe don't necessarily seek out to be on one of those shows. So I think it's just another new avenue for them to recruit people.

IGN TV: How was the show pitched to you? What did they say to you?

Lutz: They'd sent me an email just saying they had this show that they were looking to produce, and just gave me a brief synopsis on it, and that they'd like to speak to me, etc. So I gave them a call, and then they actually sent me -- because I didn't have one -- a camcorder, because you have to do a tape either in person or an interview over the phone, so that's how we did that.

IGN TV: So this was just a MySpace message you initially got?

Lutz: Yep!

IGN TV: Was it shocking to you that this was actually legitimate and a big, ABC program?

Lutz: Well Bunim/Murray was actually the ones who approached me about it. And obviously you always have that doubt, that it's for real. I read through it and I actually had a friend that I think they'd approached in New York as well, so I thought that it sounded familiar [to what my friend had described], so I gave them a call and it was legit and everything.